If you're feeling lucky today is good a day as ever to plunk down a buck or two for a powerball ticket. Tonight's jackpot has soared past 320 million dollars as the fourth biggest prize in powerball history. Machines are cranking out tickets across 42 states and Washington DC. No one has won since June 27 -- the money has rolled over fourteen times odds of winning about one in 175. Million.

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